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Tenses Exercise

April 16, 2020 B1pdf

Fill in the blanks.
Progress 0 of 12 answered
1She ............... to be an architect.
Wrong!
With "she", use "does not want" plus the base verb.
2............... forget to lock the door before you leave.
Wrong!
Use "Don't" to make a negative imperative.
3............... not waste any more time.
Wrong!
Use "Do" before "not" to make a negative imperative.
4She ............... with her parents.
Wrong!
Use "lives" for a present simple fact with "she".
5He was a kind man who never ............... his servants.
Wrong!
Use "abused" because the sentence describes a past situation.
6I ............... up at 6 a.m.
Wrong!
Use "wake" with "I" for a regular daily habit.
7She ............... him at once.
Wrong!
Use "recognized" for a completed past action.
8We ............... a movie yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "watched" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
9Heavy rains ............... the town yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "lashed" with the finished past time expression "yesterday".
10I ............... him twice before he went abroad.
Select 2 answers.
Wrong!
Both "met" and "had met" are possible before another past event.
11I don't remember where I ............... my purse last night.
Wrong!
Use "left" with the finished past time "last night" to refer to the past act of leaving the purse somewhere.
12I ............... a snake in the garden yesterday.
Wrong!
Use "saw" for a completed past action with "yesterday".

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  1. She does not want to be an architect.
  2. Don’t forget to lock the door before you leave.
  3. Do not waste any more time.
  4. She lives with her parents.
  5. He was a kind man who never abused his servants.
  6. I wake up at 6 a.m.
  7. She recognized him at once.
  8. We watched a movie yesterday.
  9. Heavy rains lashed the town yesterday.
  10. I met / had met him twice before he went abroad.
  11. I don’t remember where I left my purse last night.
  12. I saw a snake in the garden yesterday.

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